United States Office of
Environmental Protection Public Affairs (A-107)
Agency Washington DC 20460 May 4 , 1984
Environmental News
Superfund Status Report
The Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) provided the
authority and a trust fund (the "Superfund") so that EPA and State governments can respond to hazardous
substances emergencies and uncontrolled hazardous sites where longer-term permanent remedies are reqjired
The government can sue responsible parties (hazardous waste generators, transporters, facility owners and
operators) to recover its expenditures or to undertake cleanup Part of the trust fund (87 5 per cent) is financed by
a tax on the manufacture or import of specified chen.icals. with the remainder coming from general revenues
NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS; Attached for your information
is a status report on EPA's progress inr inipleniefiting
the Superfund law (CERCLA). These reports are issued
on a continuing basis. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGtNCY
LIBMdY, KhGIOlM V
WASTES DISPOSED OF FROM 1900 TO 1980 are the basic problem in the
abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites now
being addressed by EPA's Superfund program. (Hazardous
wastes generated since November 1980, when EPA's hazard-
ous waste regulatory program started up under the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), are now
being regulated under the RCRA rules.)
AS DESCRIBED IN CERCLA, EPA administers a cleanup program with two
approaches: remedial responses—for long-term actions
intended to achieve permanent solutions for the sites
on the National Priorities List (NPL), and immediate or
planned removals—when emergency or prompt actions are
needed to protect public health and the environment.
IN THE REMEDIAL RESPONSE PROGRAM, as Of April 26, 1984, EPA has
identified over 17,500 potentially hazardous waste sites
in the United States and estimates the inventory (ERRIS)
could reach 22,000. The ERRIS inventory includes radio-
active-waste sites and mining-waste sites. The agency
is working with the states in a major effort to complete
the survey.
Preliminary assessments have been conducted at 8,012
of the sites already identified: initial site investiga-
tions have been started at 2,889 sites. Based on data
collected in these initial inspections, EPA has placed
546 of the ERRIS sites on the NPL.
Detailed remedial investigations and feasibility
studies have been completed or are underway at 199 NPL
sites.
Completed sites are: Chemical Metals Industry
(Baltimore), Walcott Chemical Co. Warehouse (near
Greenville, Miss.), Luminous Processes (near Athens,
Ga.), Butler Tunnel (near Pittson, PA.), Chemical Minerals
(Cleveland, Ohio), and Gratiot County Golf Course (St.
Louis, Mich.). See under heading for each EPA Region for
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the number of remedial projects that have reached the con-
struction phase.
IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM, as of April 27, 1984, 357 removal
actions had been approved since December 1980. Of these,
259 have been completed.
IN SUMMARY: During the last week of April, cleanup work funded under
CERCLA was being carried out at 283 hazardous waste sites
across the nation (97 active removal actions and 198
remedial actions).
SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT APPROACHES: Superfund sites are grouped in one
of three enforcement categories:
o First, those to be financed completely by the Trust
Fund because insufficient responsible—party partic-
ipation is anticipated.
o Second, those to be financed by private parties
responsible for placement of the hazardous wastes
at the sites.
o Third, those where financing will be negotiated
with private parties (whether before or after
cleanup is begun).
In all cases where Superfund money is spent, EPA takes
whatever action is necessary to recover costs from re-
sponsible parties found to be financially capable.
On April 27, the agency announced new policies and
procedures designed to expand the role of private parties
in cleaning up Superfund sites, where they are responsible
for the contamination. The new guidelines were contained
in a memorandum to EPA’s Regional Administrators and de-
scribed when responsible parties will be allowed to par-
ticipate in developing remedial investigations and feas-
ibility studies (RI/FS) at NPL sites.
CUMULATIVE ENFORCEMENT TOTALS: Since December 1980, federal and state
authorities have reached settlements for more that $279
million worth of cleanup at Superfund sites. In addition,
cost recoveries , totalling some $15 million to date, are
being placed in the fund via suits by federal ($1.6 million)
and state ($13.6 million) authorities.
EPA has also issued since December 1980, Administrat-
ive Orders for cleanups at 121 uncontrolled or abandoned
hazardous waste sites-—44 under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act and 77 under CERCLA. Since 1977, EPA has
referred 121 cases to the Department of Justice, and 104
of these have been filed in the courts.
TRUST MONIES: As of March 31, 1984, total receipts were about $945
million; $884.5 million from the Trust Fund is appropriated
by Congress for EPA’S use in the Superfund program. As of
March 31, 1984, EPA had obligated a total of $580.2 million
for program work.
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OFFICE OF WASTE PROGRAMS ENFORCEMENT
SUMMARY OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
CASE REFERRALS
FISCAL YEARS
77 78 79 80 81 82
Referrals 1 2 8 42 6 23 27 12
1 1 4 31 17 4 25 7
SETTLEMENTS
FISCAL YEARS
77 78 79 80 81 82
— — 2 13
83 84
28 36 36
SETTLEMENTS
1981 - 1982
1983 1984
$ Value of Settlements
(Dollars in Millions)
$ Value of Cost Recovery
(Federal)
$ Value of Cost Recovery
(State)
FY ‘84 SETTLEMENTS
$89 .1
GE Moreau
GE Wiring Device
S-Are a
Junco
Ringwood Mines
Homestake
Wade—Sandvik
Johns’ Sludge Pond
United Cresote
Petro Processors
Metal Bank
Lowry
Big John’s
Lackawanna
Old Tire Honie Fire
St. Regis Paper
Union Pacific Baxter
Alcoa
McGraw—Edison (Olean Welifield)
M&T Delisa Equitable Life Assirance
Johnson & Towers, Inc.
Monsanto (Region III)
Envirosafe
Coschoton Landfill
Waste Pristine, Inc.
s i ire s i m
One Lyons Place
Groveland Wells
Springfield
Waste Disposal
Allied/Ironton
Dallas Lead (RSR)
Tybou ts
Fike Chemicals
Canob Park (Exxon)
Canob Park (Mobil)
Filed with DOJ
83 84
FISCAL YEAR
$31 .3
$49 .3
.107
$109.5
.7 .817
13.6 .030
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SUMMARY OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
FISCAL YEAR FY ‘84
‘ 81 ‘82 ‘83 ‘84 UNILATERALS/CONSENTS
§106 CERCLA 4 26 47- j- 29 18
§3013 (RCRA) 1 6 15 12 -3’ 7 s
§7003 (RCRA) 1 3 3 3 1 2
FY ‘84 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
§106
Charles George Landfill Unilateral
Springfield Consent
G.E. Wiring Consent
G.E. Moreau Consent
Tabernacle Drum Dump Unilateral
Wade (Sandvik) Consent
Big John’s Salvage Consent
Ambler Asbestos Site Unilateral/Removal
Ambler Asbestos Site Unilateral/Access
Fike Chemical Unilateral
Westinghouse Unilateral
Tybouts Consent
Lackawanna Refuse Consent
Old Tire Fire Home Consent
Brown’s Battery Unilateral
Gulf Battery Exchange Unilateral
Tn—City Oil Conservationist Unilateral
City Industries Unilateral
Carolina Transformer Unilateral
Old Mill Unilateral
Forest Waste Unilateral
Verona Wells Unilateral
Berlin & Farro Unilateral
Coshocton Landfill Consent
Waste Disposal Engineering Consent
Pristine Inc. Unilateral
Allied/Ironton Unilateral
Dallas Lead Consent
United Creosote Consent
Johns’ Sludge Pond Consent
Russell Bliss Unilateral
Henry & Santina Marnati Unilateral
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OFFICE OF WASTE PROGRAMS ENFORCEMENT
SUMMARY OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Fl ‘84 Administrative Orders
§106
— Continued
§3013
§7003
Stobar, mc,
Catherine Emery
Earl Butler
Inmont Corp
Victor Chemical
Alcoa
Marshall Landfill
St. Regis Paper Co.
Lowry Landfill
Union Pacific Baxter
Colorado Organic
Goodyear Aerospace Corp.
Lynden Transportation
Northwest Dust Control
Williams & Sons Transformer
Monsanto
Groveland Wells
McGraw—Ed i son
M&T Delisa
Johnson & Towers, Inc.
Monsanto (Nitro)
Saunders Leasing System, Inc.
(Tulane Road)
Saunders Leasing System, Inc.
(Keffrey Cranford)
Staurt Sanitary Supply
Unidynamics
Neville Chemical
Envirosafe Services of Idaho
Uni lateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Consent
Unilateral
Consent
Consent
Consent
Unilateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Consent
Consent
Consent
Consent
Unilateral
Unilateral
Unilateral
Uni lateral
Unilateral
Consent
Canob Park, RI
Canob Park, RI
Arthur Lorenz
Consent
Consent
Unilateral
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EPA REGIONAL
SUPERFUND
ACTIVITIES: (Please see accompanying regional EPA news releases)
Region 1 MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS,
RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT
(Call EPA at 617—223—5752 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 1 had three ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
News Releases: o EPA allocates $455,000 for asbestos
waste site in Hudson, N.H.
o EPA allocates $250,000 for cleanup
of drums at scrap metal yard in
Barrington, N.H.
o Plans for RI/FS* at Cannons Engine-
ering site in Plymouth, Mass.
o EPA allocates $394,000 for RI/FS
at Yaworski lagoon, Canterbury, Conn.
o EPA allocates $360,000 for cleanup
studies for Old Springfield landfill
in Vermont
Public Meetings Held: o April 30/RI/FS at Cannons En-
gineering site, Plymouth, Mass,
Region 2 NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, PUERTO RICO, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
(Call EPA at 212—264—2515 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 2 had four ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
Public Meetings Held: o April 16/Status of remedial in-
vestigation at Vega Alta, P.R.
o April 17/Status of RI/PS at
Juncos Landfill, Juncos, P.R.
o April 23/Technical Review
Committee on Love Canal,
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Region 3 PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, DELAWARE, DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA
(Call EPA at 215—597—9370 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 3 had two ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
News Releases: 0 EPA and Virginia announce release of
draft work plan for Chisman Creek,
York County, Va.
t Remedja l Investigation/Feasibj ity Study
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Public Meetings: o April 2/Immediate removal/consent
agreement, Gettysburg, Penn.
o April 3/Immediate Removal start-up,
Ambler/Nicolet Asbestos Pile, Penn.
o April 16/Conclusion of immediate
removal, Delaware Sand and Gravel site
o April 23/Remedial workplan, Chisman
Creek, Va.
o April 24/Remedial investigation,
Lackawanna Refuse, Penn.
Region 4 ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, MISSISSIPPI, NORTH CAROLINA,
SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY
(Call EPA at 404—881—3004 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 4 had no ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
Region 5 MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, ILLINOIS,
INDIANA, OHIO
(Call EPA at 312—353—2072 for more information)
Region 5 has a toll—free number for the public to
call. In Illinois, call (800) 572—2515. In Indiana,
call (800) 621—8431.
As of May 2, Region 5 had no ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
News Releases: o EPA to brief residents on landfill
in Cleveland Township, Wis.
o EPA, Ohio, and Attorney General’s
office announce agreement for study
at Allied Chemical—Ironton Coke site,
Ironton, Ohio
o EPA orders City of Coshocton, Ohio,
to treat streams at Coshocton landfill
Public Meetings Held: o April 3/EPA removal program at
Berlin & Farro site in Swartz
Creek, Mich.
o April 5/Focused feasibility
study at Verona Well Field site,
Battle Creek, Mich.
o April 5/RI/FS beginning at
Seymour Recycling, Seymour, md.
o April 9/Bower’s landfill,
Circieville, Ohio
An emergency cleanup of about 185 drums containing chlor-
inated and non—chlorinated solvents, flammable solids and
liquids, and PCB—contaminated liquids was completed on
April 1 by 0. H. Materials at the Rumple Junk Yard in
Isanti County, Minn. Many of the drums had leaked, and
the final cost is expected to exceed $100,000.
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Region 6 TEXAS, LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA
(Call EPA at 214—767—2630 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 6 had no ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
News Releases: o EPA completes partial cleanup of
surface contamination at Texas City
Wye Chemical Waste Dump, LaMarque,
Texas
o EPA and Texas Department of Water
Resources seek public comment on
strategies for Highlands, Texas, site
o EPA begins RI/FS at Cecil Lindsey
site near Newport, Ark.
o EPA signs consent order on lead site
with NL Industries and Dixie Metals
in Dallas, Texas
Region 7 IOWA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA
(Call EPA at 816—374—5894 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 7 had no ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
News Releases: o EPA and Alcoa announce further
remedial actions at Davenport, Iowa
Public Meetings Held: April 23/Missouri DNR and other
community leaders on the Quail
Run and Sontag Road sites
April 24/Missouri DNR and St.
Louis County officials on the
storage of dioxin contamination
at Sontag Road site in Castelwood
Region 8 COLORADO, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, UTAH,
MONTANA
(Call EPA at 303—837—5927 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 8 had no ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
Region 9 ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, GUAM, HAWAII
(Call EPA at 415—974—8088 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 9 had two ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
News Releases: o EPA approves excavation cleanup at
McColl site, Fullerton, Calif.
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Region 10 ALASKA, IDAHO, OREGON, WASHINGTON
(Call EPA at 206—442—1465 for more information)
As of May 2, Region 10 had no ongoing
Superfund remedial projects in the construction phase.
News Releases: o Cleanup at Western Processing Co.,
Kent, Wash.
Public Meetings Held: April 9/Western Processing Co.,
Kent, Wash.
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